This thesis investigates the creation of collective memory by exploring the case of a new government-sponsored Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Chile. The exhibit commemorates human rights violations perpetrated by the ...

Explaining group solidarity is one of the most fundamental problems of sociology. Understanding solidarity within religious groups is particularly challenging because much of what religion offers cannot be verified in an ...

Although the labor market functions as the primary mechanism for the distribution of resources in the United States, credit markets can also enhance, maintain, or reduce inequality. My project uses the event of bankruptcy ...

A majority of all high school students engage in the labor force by the time they complete their senior year. Few studies have investigated the long-term educational trajectories of student workers after high school ...

This dissertation addresses the tension between multiculturalism and national unity within the context of Spanish and English language usage in the United States. Will moves to promote bilingualism and dual-language school ...

Studies of North Korean defectors indicate fundamental transformations in contemporary North Korean society. Interpreting these changes through the lenses of Cold War theories, mainstream narratives conclude the DPRK's ...

This study examines the relationship between stress and environmental context on alcohol and tobacco use behaviors during pregnancy among Alaskan women (n=10,520). Alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy have been shown ...

Suburban Advantage: Social Reality or Lingering Ideal? There is a lingering assumption embedded in the social sciences that suburban areas are better locations for residence compared to central city areas. This thesis tests ...

This dissertation begins by uncovering a puzzle in Spain's two North African cities: why are significantly fewer native-born and foreign-born residents of Melilla Spanish citizens than comparable residents of Ceuta, despite ...

Understanding the ways people look for jobs is an important part of understanding employment outcomes. This paper examines various factors that contribute to the decision to search for a new or different job and the ...

Using the National Survey of Recreation and the Environment (NSRE) data, a nationally representative data set collected by the United States Forest Service, this research explores how socio-demographic, cultural, and ...

While the impact of early childhood education on kindergarten readiness is well established, the relationship of such experiences to later life outcomes is not well understood. This dissertation uses longitudinal survey ...

This paper aims to describe the structural factors which affect the organizational differences in labor unions. Based on Emerson's power-dependence theory, I suggest two axes: dependence and cohesion. Dependence measures ...

Disclosure of HIV status is an important factor in negotiating safer sex among MSM. This continues to be a public health concern. In order to make a fully informed decision about using a condom when having sex, both partners ...

This dissertation examines men's and women's economic roles during northern Viet Nam's economic reform and transition from socialism to market economy.Viet Nam has experienced great social and economic upheaval in the late ...